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Sam Altman

The latest news on Sam Altman, American entrepreneur, investor and CEO of OpenAI, including celebrity news and updates.

Born

22 Apr 1985

Industry

Technology, Business

Job Title

CEO of OpenAI

The magazine cited 2025 as the year when the potential of artificial intelligence “roared into view” with no turning back. Photo: Shutterstock

United States

‘Architects of AI’ named Time’s 2025 Person of the Year

Time’s Person of the Year highlights how AI reshaped our world. Donald Trump was named 2024 honoree, succeeding 2023 winner Taylor Swift.

11 Dec 2025 - 11:14PM

Artificial intelligence

OpenAI names first chief of revenue as ChatGPT maker aims to make a profit

10 Dec 2025 - 10:45AM

Artificial intelligence

How China’s solopreneurs are using AI to crack a tough job market

16 Dec 2025 - 9:06AM

Artificial intelligence

OpenAI CEO declares ‘code red’ to improve ChatGPT as rivals move in

The call comes after Google released its Gemini 3 AI model last month that gained praise for its capacity to reason and code.

3 Dec 2025 - 10:07AM

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Photo: AFP/Getty Images/TNS

Artificial intelligence

DeepSeek releases first open AI model with gold-level scores at maths olympiad

‘Imagine owning the brain of one of the best mathematicians in the world for free,’ Hugging Face CEO Clement Delangue says in a post on X.

29 Nov 2025 - 9:00AM

Foxconn

Taiwan’s Foxconn expands AI hardware push with OpenAI deal

Foxconn sees profits soar after shifting its focus from low-margin iPhone assembly to AI servers that are now in huge demand.

21 Nov 2025 - 2:52PM

Artificial intelligence

Google’s new Gemini model puts China’s AI start-ups on the defensive

It highlights the daunting challenge faced by Chinese AI start-ups to compete against firms like Google with massive resources.

20 Nov 2025 - 9:00AM

Google’s new Gemini model represents a “massive jump” in reasoning and coding ability, according to executives. Photo: CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images

Artificial intelligence

Microsoft, Nvidia to invest up to US$15 billion in Anthropic in AI deal

The announcement underscores the AI industry’s insatiable appetite for computing power.

19 Nov 2025 - 10:45AM

Artificial intelligence

China’s Moonshot claims to build models with fewer AI chips than US rivals

In a Reddit forum, a Moonshot AI executive says start-up is ‘outnumbered’ by US rivals in terms of ‘high-end GPUs’ used for training models.

14 Nov 2025 - 8:31AM

Artificial intelligence

Sam Altman says OpenAI does not want a government bailout for AI

The CEO says OpenAI only had discussions about ‘loan guarantees’ for building chip fabrication plants in the US.

7 Nov 2025 - 10:00AMvideocam

Artificial intelligence

OpenAI to pay Amazon US$38 billion in 7-year cloud services deal

The deal underscores the AI industry’s insatiable appetite for computing power, pushing Amazon shares to an all-time high.

4 Nov 2025 - 9:47AM

OpenAI and Amazon have signed a US$38 billion cloud services deal. Photo: Reuters

ChatGPT and other generative AIs

How OpenAI’s Sora app ‘erodes confidence’ in what we see online

The videos on Sora are mesmerising – think Queen Elizabeth at a pub, an alien at McDonald’s – but they are leading to an erosion of trust.

2 Nov 2025 - 5:15PM

Artificial intelligence

OpenAI lays groundwork for juggernaut IPO at up to US$1 trillion valuation

With an annualised revenue run rate expected to reach about US$20 billion by year-end, losses are also mounting inside the company.

30 Oct 2025 - 12:25PM

Artificial intelligence

Microsoft holds 27% of OpenAI in revamped partnership

In the deal, Microsoft’s intellectual rights for both OpenAI’s models and products are extended through 2032.

29 Oct 2025 - 11:50AM

Open AI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the Snowflake Summit in San Francisco, on June 2, 2025. Photo: Getty Images/TNS

Artificial intelligence

Clippy 2.0? Microsoft unveils Mico, an AI character for Copilot users

Copilot users on laptops and smartphones can speak to Mico, available in the US.

24 Oct 2025 - 10:29AM

Artificial intelligence

Airbnb chooses Alibaba’s open-source AI over ‘not ready’ ChatGPT

Airbnb ‘relies heavily’ on Alibaba’s Qwen models to power its AI customer service agent, CEO Brian Chesky says.

22 Oct 2025 - 5:00PM

Artificial intelligence

OpenAI launches AI-powered browser to challenge Google

Atlas will be available globally on macOS to start, with plans to expand to Windows, iOS and Android soon, the company says.

22 Oct 2025 - 10:12AMvideocam

United States

OpenAI to allow erotica on ChatGPT for verified adults

CEO Sam Altman says stricter rules on conversational AI had made the chatbot ‘less enjoyable’ for many users.

15 Oct 2025 - 5:43AMvideocam

OpenAI’s plan includes the release of an updated version of ChatGPT that will allow users to customise their AI assistant’s personality. Photo illustration: Reuters

Artificial intelligence

Broadcom’s valuation surges by US$150 billion after chip deal with OpenAI

OpenAI agrees to buy custom chips and networking components from Broadcom to help power its AI services.

14 Oct 2025 - 9:56AM

Donald Trump

Wall Street rebounds as Trump softens posture on China tariffs

After threatening ‘massive’ tariffs on Friday, Trump in a social media post on Sunday said ‘it will all be fine’, adding that the US wants to ‘help’ China.

14 Oct 2025 - 8:15AM

US-China tech war

China’s lesson for the US: it takes more than chips to win the AI race

The AI war is increasingly waged among ‘hyperscalers’ – companies with full-stack capabilities across software, hardware and applications.

11 Oct 2025 - 12:05PMvideocam

The US and China are intensifying investments into AI. Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

TSMC

TSMC posts better-than-expected sales on AI demand

The Taiwanese company is the go-to chipmaker for major AI accelerator designers including Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices.

9 Oct 2025 - 4:37PM

The TSMC fabrication plant in Hsinchu, Taiwan. Photo: EPA

Artificial intelligence

OpenAI lets ChatGPT users connect with Spotify, Booking.com in app

OpenAI now has more than 800 million weekly ChatGPT users, CEO Sam Altman says.

7 Oct 2025 - 10:45AMvideocam

Semiconductors

AMD shares surge after signing AI chip supply deal with OpenAI

The deal gives the ChatGPT creator the option to take up to a 10% stake in the Nvidia rival.

7 Oct 2025 - 9:48AM

OpenAI

OpenAI valuation hits US$500 billion, passes SpaceX as world’s largest start-up

San Francisco-based OpenAI completes a deal to help employees sell about US$6.6 billion of the firm’s stock to investors.

2 Oct 2025 - 4:16PM

Artificial intelligence

OpenAI expands Stargate with 5 new data centre sites across US

The expansion brings the companies closer to their goal of investing US$500 billion in domestic data centres and AI infrastructure.

24 Sep 2025 - 11:14AM

The steel frame of data centres under construction at the OpenAI data centre in Abilene, Texas, September 23, 2025. Photo: Reuters/Pool

Artificial intelligence

Nvidia and OpenAI agree US$100 billion mega-deal to boost AI data centres

The Nvidia-OpenAI plan would deliver 10 gigawatts of power – equivalent to the peak electricity demand of New York City.

23 Sep 2025 - 11:37AM

Donald Trump

Trump gets royal welcome in UK amid pomp and Epstein protests

King Charles is hosting the US president and first lady at Windsor Castle, as they make a historic second visit.

18 Sep 2025 - 5:33AM

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